Notes Flashcards
Draw the ideological map
/—– libertarian —–\
\----- socialist -----/
Explain the parts of the ideological map
- Centralist- you feel one way or another on topics
- Conservative- more traditional
- Liberal- progressive (away from traditional)
- Radical- change with whatever means necessary (far left, often associated with communists)
- Reactionary- turn back the clock with whatever means necessary (far right, often associated with nazis/fascists/Hitler/Stalin/the Taliban)
- Libertarian- gov get out of my life (financially, socially, politically)
- Socialist- want gov to do everything
Anarchy
One extreme or the other (far left or far right)
How has the FCC assaulted the First Amendment of journalists?
FCC looking at having surveys done over how news editors do stories - direct assault on first Amendment - gives you the ability to criticize the government (and free press, assembly, etc.)
What is the NFL trying to ban?
Use of the N word. Issues: does an organization have the right to police what is said? Need to be careful we are setting a premise (that we accept political correctness - we don’t want offensive), have to be aware of the premises we accept
What is bias?
What you think is reasonable
Monty Python: how many were there?
6
Monty Python: referred to as what? (hint: invasion)
The second british invasion
Monty Python: were they expected to be successful in the states?
No
Monty Python: who put up money to make film of best clips to spread to America?
Victor Lowens from Playboy company
Monty Python: who agreed to distribute first Monty Python film in the US?
Columbia Pictures (reluctant but did it anyway)
Monty Python: who did first recording of them? How did it spread? How did it become a film? How did the film do?
Charisma records did recording of them, brought to Buddah records in NYC, had to get i on the radio - people liked it but not many people - Buddah lobbied Columbia to release the film so long as Buddha handles the premier - the film tanked but some important people heard it
Monty Python: Death of Mary Queen of Scotts bit
recording of man beating up older woman
Monty Python: what happened when they traveled to America?
People came to the tour! Sold out in random places in Canada - Nancy from Buddah wanted the men to come to the US
Monty Python: What happened when the men went on the Tonight Show?
Not much of a reaction but Nancy from Buddah still wanted to get them on TV
Monty Python: how did they get their television break?
PBS - KERA in Texas (Dallas) - producer found it funny - very rude for TV though and a lot of british references - it was a risk public television could take. KERA first to show it on national TV - ratings very small - but Sunday at 10 rating was at a 6 and by end of the month it was at a 8/9 - other stations noticed - finally proving British comedy can work in the US - attracting young audience to PBS - dealt with unseen issues (gays, crossdressers, transvestites) - Pythons loved ethos of PBS
Monty Python: how was Monty Python and the Holy Grail received?
Huge hit, gave out coconuts at premier
Monty Python: how did ABC ruin them?
Bought rights to air Monty Python, but they put in commercials, cut things out, and bleeped things out - Monty Python tried to get ABC to stop airing them (went to court, court ruled ABC had right to ruin the material)
Monty Python: Summarize Episode 15
Spanish inquisition, skit without the punch line, chopping head off, taxing “thinging”, poking old lady with pillow (Spanish Inquisition), semaphoric withering heights (using just flags for words), Julias Cesear on light signals, court in charades
Monty Python: Is Monty Python pop culture or culture?
Pop culture
Blazing Saddles: opening scene
Blacks working on railroad - whites ask them to sing a “work song” - they do a doo-whop song - whites sing camptown ladies - make blacks find quicksand
Blazing Saddles: Why does Hedley Lamar want to build railroad in Rockridge?
Makes it easy to cut across land but they don’t own Rockridge so they need to take it over by force - town needs a sheriff to help them fight back - instead of hanging Bart make him sheriff figuring town will kill him
Blazing Saddles: what happens when Bart gets to Rockridge?
Town wants to shoot him (even pastor tells Bart he is on his own) but he fakes being crazy to save himself - goes to jail and meets Jim “the wako kid”
Blazing Saddles: what happens to Mongol when he is sent to kill the sheriff?
Bart blows up Mongol and later Mongol tells him of the railroad
